{"id":197242,"date":"2026-03-09T21:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/197242\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:43:25","slug":"acquario-italian-restaurant-brings-authentic-flavors-to-keller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/197242\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquario Italian Restaurant brings authentic flavors to Keller"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA local fine dining Italian restaurant, Acquario Italian Restaurant<\/a>, has opened a sister location after three years of operation in Keller.<\/p>\n

Two-minute impact<\/p>\n

Acquario Italian Restaurant offers a wide variety of Italian dishes with cuisine that mixes inspiration from coastal Italy and Texas, according to its website<\/a>. Some menu items include filet mignon, braised short ribs and appetizers such as the carpaccio di manzo, which comes with thinly sliced filet mignon and shaved parmesan cheese.<\/p>\n

Acquario Italian Restaurant opened in October 2023<\/a>, co-owner Elda Rata said, and quickly gained popularity with the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe grew up so rapidly. We won awards without even knowing that we were nominated,\u201d Rata said.<\/p>\n

Meet the owners<\/p>\n

Elda Rata has lived in the Keller area for three years. She is a corporate lawyer, but her husband has been in the restaurant business for over 30 years.<\/p>\n

Nino Rata had the vision of operating a fine dining restaurant in Keller, while she offered her legal expertise, Rata said.<\/p>\n

With a community-driven style and family friendly city in a moment of crucial growth, Rata said they saw a demand for fine dining restaurants in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Nino] knew the community, he knew the vibe, and he knew what was needed here,\u201d Rata said.<\/p>\n

Before you go<\/p>\n

Acquario Italian Restaurant now has a sister location open along Keller Parkway.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to bring a different concept to the city. The community has embraced us so well that we wanted to continue to contribute to the growth here,\u201d Rata said.<\/p>\n

Acquario Pizza Pasta Bar opened March 2<\/a> with a more casual dining concept. Rata said residents can decide which restaurant to attend based on their mood or the occasion.<\/p>\n

Corporate or business meetings might be better at the first location, but a family gathering might be better at the new restaurant, she said.<\/p>\n

Rata said the culinary vision for the second restaurant is mainly led by chef Gimmy Piperku, who has a commitment to traditional technique and authentic flavors with fresh ingredients imported directly from Italy. Piperku is a world champion of the Caputo Cup<\/a>, an annual pizza-making competition held in Naples, Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they can\u2019t go to Italy, they can come here. It is the most authentic spot that provides Italian dishes,\u201d Elda said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A local fine dining Italian restaurant, Acquario Italian Restaurant, has opened a sister location after three years of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[77993,77995,77996,76182,116,118,117,33818,19442,77997,6270,77994],"class_list":["post-197242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-aquario","tag-authentic-italian-cuisine","tag-authentic-italian-restauarants","tag-elda-rata","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-italian-near-me","tag-italian-restaurants","tag-keller-pasta-restaurants","tag-keller-restaurants","tag-rata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}